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Graduate Diploma of Occupational Health and Safety

RMIT University

Graduate Diploma

Bachelor degree, or equivalent; or a Diploma of Occupational Health and Safety (BSB51307) with a GPA of at least 2.0 out of 4.0 and three years of relevant OHS experience

Course Description

Occupational health and safety concerns the application of scientific principles in understanding the nature of risks to the safety of people in the industrial and non-industrial environments. It is a multi-disciplinary profession with applications in many industries. There exists a relatively strong demand for occupational health and safety professionals within industry. Practitioners might be called risk managers, occupational health and safety coordinators, safety officers or may work in research or as consultants. Typically large organisations employ risk managers, whilst some government or semi-government organisations may require research into aspects of transport or community accidents. Workers compensation insurance companies usually engage teams of risk managers to give advice to their corporate clients.

Subjects you can Study

Occupational health and safety

About RMIT University

Founded in 1887, RMIT became a university in 1992. It offers both higher education and vocational education courses with over 82,000 students including 31,160 international students, of whom 18,860 are taught outside Australia (almost 7,000 at RMIT Vietnam).

Over 900 courses exist to graduate at all levels, including certificates, diplomas, advanced diplomas and associate, undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. RMIT University is a global university of technology and design offering areas of study including: aerospace and aviation; architecture, building and planning; art and design; business; communication; community and welfare; computing and information systems; education and training; engineering and related technologies; environment; health sciences; humanities, social sciences and legal; manufacturing and processing; and science and mathematics.

RMIT has three campuses in Melbourne, Australia, with smaller sites at Hamilton and Point Cook. Main campus in Melbourne's CBD is spread over a number of Melbourne city blocks. There are art galleries, cinemas, bookshops and cafes on campus. The Brunswick campus is six kilometres from the city and offers state-of-the-art specialist graphic technology, fashion and textile facilities - with access to the on-campus International Fibre Centre. The Bundoora campus is set in extensive parklands and offers courses in life sciences, education and manufacturing/mechanical engineering.

RMIT also two campuses in Vietnam and a centre in Barcelona, Spain. They also offer programs through partners in Singapore, Hong Kong, mainland China, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Belgium, Spain and Germany, and enjoy research and industry partnerships on every continent.

RMIT was awarded the Premier's Award for International Education and the award for Excellence in the inaugural Victorian International Education Awards.

Provider CRICOS: 00122A

Graduate Diploma

Duration

City

Part-time internal = 2 years

Structure

Students will study the content of the Core Body of Knowledge of OHS Professionals and learn to apply this in workplaces. Special focus is placed on workplace law, workplace hazards and their control, psychosocial work environment, ergonomics, the role of the organisation on health and safety; and critical thinking and decision making for OHS. In addition, students will complete a workplace intervention project. Many of the assignments used for assessment purposes will be based in students' work organisation to ensure that theory is directly applied to practical applications. The program is taught in block mode during one week per semester at the RMIT Melbourne city campus, with online support and weekly online tutorials. All lectures and materials are provided online.

Entry Requirements

Bachelor degree, or equivalent; or a Diploma of Occupational Health and Safety (BSB51307) with a GPA of at least 2.0 out of 4.0 and three years of relevant OHS experience

Study Pathways

Graduates with sufficiently high grades in the Graduate Diploma may consider further studies in the Master of Occupational Health and Safety.

Comments

Both community expectation and government legislation demands an increasingly higher level of protection for employees and the community at large from risks that threaten their safety and health. There is also an increasing demand in society for professionals with experience and qualifications in occupational health and safety. Professionals from areas such as human resources, nursing, engineering, sciences and computing are increasingly being asked to take on occupational health and safety roles with their employer. Professionals in this position are often exposed to situations where they may have good experience but they lack some of the technical background in occupational health and safety. This technical background can be obtained in various ways; one of the most efficient methods is to study for a postgraduate qualification.

How does this course perform?

How do study fields for Graduate Diploma of Occupational Health and Safety at RMIT University perform?

Health services and support

Who is studying Health services and support at RMIT University

854

72

72%

21%

9%

Undergraduate students

International students

School leavers

Over 25 years old

Part time students

What Health services and support graduates from RMIT University say

Teaching quality

Worse

Average

Better

Generic skills

Worse

Average

Better

Overall satisfaction

Worse

Average

Better

Where do Health services and support graduates from RMIT University go

Seeking work

6%

Worse

Average

Better

Starting salary

$41,034

Not available.

Further study

10%

Not available.

Life after Study

Health services and support

Where are graduates that studied Health services and support at RMIT University?

72%

6%

22%

0%

Public sector

Private practice

Private industry

Working overseas

Related Careers

Occupational health and safety officers coordinate health and safety systems in an organisation. They identify hazards, assess risks to health and safety, put appropriate safety controls in place and provide advice about accident prevention and occupational health to management and employees.